Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Monro School

Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British

and Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Near Sterzing, Tyrol
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 x 9 1/8 inches (16.8 x 23.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in black chalk center: "after J.R.C. | 6863"; in graphite lower left: "MONRO SCHOOL: NEAR STERZING, TYROL"; in graphite lower right: "10'."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.889
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | trees | hills | mountains | steeples | steeple | walking | Grand Tour
Associated Places:
Europe | Austria | Tyrol | Italy | Sterzing
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30)

The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
Publications:
Susan Morris, Thomas Girtin, 1775-1802, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1986, p. 49, no. 116, NJ18 .G44 M67 (LC) (YCBA)

Andrew Wilton, The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, p. 60, no. 169, pl. 58, NJ18 C83 W55 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5838